, 1887-07-22
TOWN TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.

EuTOuRHOut tHc CNy
T. A. Kent and wife have soldt Il julius
Wellnitz lot 5 in block l64, and lots 5 and
6 in block l65, for $3.50.
The police have been reliably informed
that Bridget Gallager left Laramie last
Monday. bound for Cheyenne.
Bishop Talbot was presented with a
solid gold cross at his public reception in
Laramie by the Sunday school children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wheeler are the
parents OF a nine pound daughter, born
at Argyle ranch, near this city, on Monday,
the 18th inst.
A prisoner named James Conrad es-
capped from the Uinta county jail at
Evanston Wednesday night, and has not
yet been ~apprehended.
One of the men recently arrested by
Officer Deitrick, charged with stealing
lumber from the Union Pacific Railway
company. was yesterday fined So by Judge
Fisher.
A tramp named Frank Weston was
yesterday fined $13 by Judge Lee. After
working a half day on the streets, he
brought forth a well-flled purse and
liquidated.
The rainmakers on Sherman hill will
soon begin a series of experiments. They
will endeavor to drop moisture on houses
and lawns and allow the streets to remain
dry.
Thirty-six soldiers, belonging to the
It'll infantry, stationed at Columbus,
Ohio, occupied a car attached to the
westbound express train last evening.
They are enroute to Fort Sheridan,
Idaho.
A disturbance occurred on Capitol ave-
nue. near the depot about ll:30 o'clock
last night, when one man beat another
about the head with a lantern. No arrests
were made.
From a copy of the Edinburg Scotsman
it is learned that James Graham Miller, a
nephew OF David Miller, of this city, has
just been graduated with high honors
from the medical department of the
Edinburg university.
Rev. DIR. Ratter conducted the funeral
services of the late Mrs. Jane E. Rich at
the residence of Mrs. VIM. Hale yester-
day afternoon. The remains were fol-
lowed to the cemetery by large concourse
of friends and acquaintance of the fam
lily.
Special Land Agent Fly has returned
from a visit to the western portion of the
territory. While absent he inspected the
celebrated Twin creek coal fields and
agrees with Prof. Sheafer. of Pottsville,
Pa, in pronouncing them the most ex-
tensive coal deposits in the known world.
f. H. Jones has filed at the county
clerk office u plat of the TOWNSHIP of
Egbert, Wyo. The principal streets in
the new city are Bill Nye and Warren
streets and Central avenue. The owner
that a large number of lots
will be dedicated to the use of the public.
Yesterday morning while company G,
at Fort Russell, were at target practice,
Private Reilly, who was marking, received
a serious wound from a glancing rife ball.
The shot took effect in the right shoulder,
passing through his lungs and entirely
through his body. 1t is understood that
the surgeon considers the shot fatal.
Cheyenne business men have im plicit
faith and childlike confidence in the hon
esty and sobriety of the local ~newsgather-
ers. An attache of one of the city
dailies was recently overlooked while
asleep and locked in a Sixteenth steet es-
Enlistment where he remained from 10
D. IN. until 2 a. m. Several barrels of
whisky, an elevator and "A Hall safe in the
room were undisturbed
The impressible Mrs. Bridget Dacey
and a lady named Mrs. Ferris had a lively
scrlmmage on Fifteenth street yesterday
morning, in which Mrs. Ferris came out
second best. At 1901 Mrs. Dacey ap-
peared at the city hall N stated that
she desired to swear out a complaint
against Mrs. Ferris and her husband, al
leglng that they, and more particularly
the latter, had assaulted and threatened
to murder her. The case will be heard
before Judge Lee to-day.